Big 10 (11) to expand, Missouri willing to listen

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by kddani

Their academics are not even close to up to snuff.

Maybe but they party like hell and sell out every game. Athletically they would be a very good fit.

I really do not see much difference academically between WVU and many of the schools being considered. Notre Dame would be the exception but they do not appear interested.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Maybe but they party like hell and sell out every game. Athletically they would be a very good fit.

I really do not see much difference academically between WVU and many of the schools being considered. Notre Dame would be the exception but they do not appear interested.

I don't disagree that they would make a good fit athletically, but the Big 10 has made a big deal about its academics for quite awhile now. [BTW, WVU doesn't sell out every game (for instance, when Pitt played them this year there were a number of empty seats), but I will agree that they do travel well.]

I don't know enough about Mizzou, but Pitt, Rutgers and Syracuse are much more on par with the Big 10 academically as being major research universities that are much better known academically. Just the quickest number I found, in 2006-2007, WVU admitted 92% of applicants. For fall 2009, Pitt's admitted 58%. Of course, that analysis could go on and on, but WVU would be hard pressed to argue it was on par with the other schools academically.